Wire-tying tool.



J. S. MOGHESNEY.

WIRE TYING'TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED 00:14, 1913.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

WITNESSES:

THE NORRIS PETERS co PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTON D. C.

- UNITED STATES PATENT @FFTCE.

JOHN SHERMAN lVIoGI-IESNEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-TYING TOOL.

Application filed October 4, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN SHERMAN 'MCCHESNEY,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in WVire- Tying Tools, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates in general to wire manipulating tools and hasmore particular reference to tools employed in tensioning and tying wireloops or ties about hose couplings and the like; one object of the.present invention being to provide a tool of the character aboveindicated, which shall consist of a minimum number of parts so shapedand constructed that they may be readily assembled Without theemployment of wrenches or other implements.

'Another object of the invention is to provide a tool of simpleconstruction which will be'cheap to manufacture, easy to manipulate, andwhich will be efficient and durable when in operation.

On the drawings, which should be considered in connection with thefollowing description for a full understanding of the invention, Figurel is a perspective view of the body member of my improved wrench, Fig. 2is a side elevation of the operating Wheel, Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view through a tool embodying my invention, and Fig. 4 is aperspective view showing the tool in position to look a loop of a hosetie in position.

By reference to the drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of myinvention it will be manifest that the tool disclosed comprises butthree elements; namely, the body member 5, the bolt 6 and the operatingwheel 7. The body member is provided with an axially disposed bore 8,preferably rectangular in cross section adapted to receive the bolt 6which is shaped throughout a portion of its length to conform to theshape of the bore 8 so as to preclude rotary movement of the bolt in thebore and is threaded as indicated by reference character 9 throughout aportion of its length for engagement with the internally threaded hub 11of the wheel 7. In order that the body member may be engaged with theends of Wire loops of various lengths I have provided along one side ofthe member a plu- Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Serial No. 793,285.

rality of outwardly projecting fingers, or hooks, 12, 13 and 14 whichare preferably disposed at an acute angle to the axis of the body, asshown, to retain the ends of wire loops engaged therewith. These hooks,or fingers, may be cast on the body or struck up from the metal thereof,as preferred. One or more sides of the body may be left open asindicated by reference character 15, if desired, for the purpose ofreducing the weight of the tool.

The body member 5 is formed at one end to provide a bifurcated head,comprising the longitudinally extending portions 16 and 17, equipped attheir extremities with inwardly projecting thrust shoulders 18 and 19respectively. In order that the operating device, by means of whichrelative longitudinal adjustment between the body member and the slidingbolt is effected, may be directly attached to the body member withoutemploying additional parts or elements I have provided the hub 11 of theoperating device, which in the present instance is illustrated in theform of a wheel, with a radially extending flange 21 adapted torotatably fit between the portions 16 and 17 of the bifurcated head atthe rear of the thrust shoulders 18 and 19. In assembling the parts ofmy improved tool the operating device, or wheel, 7 is engaged with thebody member by inserting the flange 21 of the Wheel laterally betweenthe portions 16 and -17 of the bifurcated head until the threadedopening in the hub of the wheel is disposed in alinement with the bore8, whereupon the sliding bolt is inserted in the bore to bring itsthreaded end into engagement with the inner end of the hub 11. The wheelis then rotated to threadedly engage the wheel and bolt and thereafterany desired longitudinal adjustment of the bolt may be secured by.turning the wheel in one direction or the other.

When using my improved tool to fasten a hose tie 23 (Fig. 4), theendless \vire loop is passedaround the circumference of the hose end 24and one end of the tie is inserted through the other and drawn by handas tightly as it can be conveniently drawn. The projecting end of theloop is then hooked over one of the projecting fingers or hooks 12, 13or 14 and the notch or groove 22, formed in the squared end of the bolt6,

is applied to the other end of the loop. The wheel 7 is then rotated toextend the bolt 22 beyond the body member, thereby separating the twoends of the loop to draw the loop tightly around the hose. lVhen therequired tension has been secured the tool is swung in an are about thenotched end of the bolt as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4; to bend theprojecting end of the loop toward the hose. The tool may then be removedand the projecting'end of the loop cut off preparatory to forcing theloose ends of the wire down against the hose to lock the loop inposition.

I claim:

1. A wire tying tool, comprising a body member, a bolt slidably carriedby said body member, and an operating member threadedly connected withsaid bolt, one of said members being provided with a plurality ofintegral thrust shoulders and the other with an integral flangecooperating with said shoulders whereby said members are rotatablyinterlocked together and held against longitudinal disengagement.

2. A wire tying tool, comprising a body member provided with a rigidbifurcated head having inwardly projecting thrust shoulders, said bodymember being equipped with a plurality of outwardly projecting hooks, anoperating device having a flange engaged with said thrust shoulders, anda bolt slidable in said body member and 4. A wire tying tool, comprisinga body,

member provided at one end with a bifurcated head, a bolt slidably butnon-rotatably carried by said body member, and an operating device*d-ire'ctly engaged with said bifurcated head and threadedly connectedwith said bolt, whereby said bolt may be adjusted longitudinally of thebody member.

5. A wire tying tool, comprising a body member provided with a head openat ppposite sides and provided with inwardly extending thrust shoulders,a bolt slidably but non rotatabl'y carried by said inen'iber, and anoperating device threadedly connected with said bolt and engaging backbehind said thrust shoulders and adapted to be removed sidewi'se out ofthe head.

JOHN SHERMAN MCCHESNEY.

Witnesses:

IRA J. WILSON, A. G. LAT IMER.

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